Zhang quits as dean of WCU's Kimmel School

4:53 PM,
Mar. 5, 2014

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James Zhang, dean of Western Carolina University's Kimmel School of Construction Management and Technology since October 2012, will be stepping down from the post in May to become provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Kettering University in Flint, Mich.

Zhang will be joining another former Kimmel School dean, Robert McMahan, who is serving as Kettering's president. After McMahan's departure in summer 2011, Zhang served as interim dean of the Kimmel School until his appointment as permanent dean in fall 2012.